Robbie Amell Cast as Lead in CW Drama Pilot ‘The Tomorrow People’

Deadline is reporting Robbie Amell has been cast in the upcoming drama pilot The Tomorrow People.

Written/exec produced by Phil Klemmer based on the cult British series, exec produced by Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti and directed/exec produced by Danny Cannon, Tomorrow People revolves around several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution and work together to defeat the forces of evil.

Amell will play Stephen, a tormented man who longs to be normal and is relieved when he learns that he’s not crazy but rather part of a group of genetically superior “Tomorrow People.”